Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean ...

—8 COLLECTIOKS PKOM MELATs'ESIA.scale. Inion long and recurved, between Nos. 4 and 5. Suturesall very simple, in marked contrast to those of the nextBpecimcn. Zygomata very prominent. Squamosals widelyseparated from frontal.Pemale.5. Skull of MallicoUo Islander, New Hebrides.Adult,Length 173 ;gl. occ. 178. Breadth 135. Height 134. Maximumfrontal breadth 101 ; minimum frontal breadth 95.Horizontal circumferences — preauricular 218, total 488.Transverse arcs— frontal 252, bregmatic 293, parietal 336.Longitudinal arcs—frontal 134, parietal 137, occipital 104.Foramen magnum— length 34, width 29. Basinasal length90. Basialveolar length 91. Bizygomatic breadth 129. Heightof— face 82, malar 19, alveolus 16. Auriculo-orbital length 61.Orbit—width 36, height 33. Nasal height 42, width 24,Maxilla—length 50, breadth 60.Mandible—bicondylar width 116, bigoniac width 97, symphysialheight 25, molar height 21, coronoid height 56, gonio-symphysiallength 81. Ramus— height 49, antero-posterior breadth33. Bigoniac arc 177.Indices—latitudinal 78-0, altitudinal 77'5, frontal 70"4, gnathic101-1, orbital 91-7, nasal 57-1.Subdolichocephalic, mesognathous, platyrhine ; orbit megaseme.Glabella about No. 1. Nasal spine No. 3. No inion.Occipital prominent, lambdoid suture full of large Wormian bones.Epipteric bones on both sides. Auditory meatus flattened andoval-shaped, evidently owing to pressure applied to the mandible.These two last specimens, presented to Dr. Coppingerby Mr. Boyd,of Ovalau, show the artificially produced absence of forehead andgeneral depression of the frontal and prominence of the parietal andoccipital regions characteristic of Mallicollo skulls, and describedby Prof. Busk in the ' Journal of the Anthropological Institute ' *.Prof. Flower has also figured some monumental heads from the sameisland, showing a similar artificial deformity f.6. Skull of Banks Islander.Young. Basilar suture open and wisdom teeth still hidden in thebone." MerilavaJ, Banks group ;presented by Mr. Boyd, of Ovalau."B. W. C.Length 170, gl. occ. 172. Breadth 124. Height 133. Maximumfrontal breadth 108 ; minimum frontal breadth 89.Horizontal circumferences — preauricular 230, total 470. Trans-* vi. p. 200, pis. ix.-xii. (1877).t J. A. I. xi. p. 85, pi. vi. (1882).I Also spelt " Meralaba " (Wliitmee, J. Anthr. Inst, viii., map facing p. 261 :1878).